JETFLEX® burner
Setting the standard for
today and tomorrow
Key benefits
- Increased reliability
- Lower fuel and power costs
- Long refractory life
- Lower maintenance costs
- Increased firing of
alternative fuels
- Lower emissions
- Superior flame shaping
Fundamental design features
The JETFLEX burner is FLSmidth’s latest
kiln burner design. It combines
FLSmidth’s combustion and cement
production know-how with industry
requirements for reliability, energy
efficiency, fuel flexibility and low
emissions. The burner provides efficient
fuel combustion and stable flame
formation, ensuring stable kiln coating,
Rectangular jet air nozzles and swirler
= Improving ignition and flame formation
The JETFLEX burner has two flame
controlling and forming systems for
axial and swirl air.
Axial air is introduced through
rectangular jet air nozzles concentrically
surrounding the fuel. The axial air
nozzles form flat rectangular high
velocity jets with a relatively large
surface area compared with a circular
nozzle.
FLSmidth’s JETFLEX® burner represents
the latest evolution in rotary kiln burner
250 MW, catering for even the largest
rotary kiln. The primary air supply to the
technology. The design is targeted burner enables a flame momentum of
towards usage of traditional fuels such 7 N/MW up to 11 N/MW.
as oil, gas, pulverised solid fuels and
high and medium-grade alternative fuel FLSmidth offers two models: The
qualities. standard JETFLEX burner with fixed jet
air nozzles and the JETFLEX PLUS burner
The JETFLEX burner fires cement rotary with rotatable jet air nozzles.
kilns and is available at capacities up to
long refractory lifetime and high clinker
quality.
The following fundamental design
features are especially important for its
superior performance:
- Rectangular
 jet air nozzles and swirler
- S traight solid fuel channel
- Common solid fuel channel
This enables fast and powerful mixing
of fuel and hot secondary air ensuring
fast ignition and stable flame formation.
The concentric design enables high
suspension of the fuel inside the flame.
The swirler is the main mechanism for
shaping the flame during start-up and
daily operation. Increasing the swirl air
leads to faster mixing and a shorter,
wider and more intense flame.
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Straight solid fuel channel
= Reduced blockages, reduced wear and increased availability
The combined effectiveness of the
JETFLEX burner’s rectangular jet air
nozzles and swirler has made it possible
to eliminate the traditional annular fuel
channel. In the JETFLEX burner, the solid
pulverised or alternative fuels are
injected through a straight,
uninterrupted pipe design, in which
Common solid fuel channel
= Lower heat and power cost
Transporting and injecting multiple solid
fuels simultaneously in separate
injection lines increases cold combustion
air to the kiln systems, which increases
fuel consumption.
fuels can pass without disturbance. This
reduces wear, maintenance and
unplanned kiln stops.
The central part of the JETFLEX burner
can be configured with one or two solid
fuel pipes, depending on the fuel
quality and dosing system available.
The JETFLEX burner enables the use of
only one solid fuel pipe as a common
fuel channel for multiple solid fuels,
such as coal, petcoke and solid
alternative fuels. This improves heat and
power consumption, minimising the
cold airflow entering from the fuel
transport.
Solid fuel dosing systems
with possible alternative
fuel installation
Solid fuel dosing system
with separate fuel channels
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JETFLEX® burner:
For today’s cement fuels
Fixed jet air nozzles
= Simple to operate and low maintenance
The standard JETFLEX burner has a fixed This model has no moving parts, Previously used burner settings can be
nozzle design that consists of a number offering simplicity and high reliability as easily repeated. This improves plant
of machined rectangular nozzles with a limited parts are exposed to wear. The production by enabling smooth
fixed angle concentrically surrounding burner flame shape or momentum is transition between production
the fuel. The design ensures efficient easily controlled by simple regulation of qualities or fuels.
and well-defined mixing of hot the primary air pressure and flow.
secondary air with the fuel.

The front plate is easily exchangeable in

case of increased production
requirements or significant changes in
fuel quality.

AXIAL AIR

SWIRL AIR

SOLID FUEL CHANNEL

IGNITER

LIQUID FUEL LANCE

FLAME SUPERVISION

The burner can be configured in many ways

depending on the fuel quality and type
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JETFLEX® PLUS burner:
For optimum combustion flexibility
PLUS benefits
- Superior combustion of cost-
effective grade fuels
- Full flame forming control
- Increased fuel retention time
Rotatable jet air nozzles
= Highest possible alternative
fuel substitution
The rotatable jet air nozzle design
consists of a number of individually
rotatable nozzles concentrically
surrounding the fuel. Rotating the
nozzles allows for optimal adjustment
of the flame to a narrower or a wider
shape depending on fuel and process
requirements. The flame can be shaped
to suit the widest variety of fuel types
and qualities.
Two additional fundamental design
features characterise the JETFLEX PLUS
burner model:
- Rotatable jet air nozzles
-R
 etractable centre pipe for alternative
fuel firing
Open configuration increases
entrainment of secondary air
The individual rotatable nozzles also
enable fuel lift configuration, as shown
on the right. This configuration is used
with solid alternative fuels to increase
fuel retention time in the flame. The
result is less fuel drop-out, improved
combustion, and improved clinker Annular configuration makes it possible to shape the
quality. flame and is necessary for fuel stopping and lifting
The rotatable nozzles are exchangeable
in case of increased production
requirements or significant changes in
fuel quality. All heat exposed parts in the
burner tip are easily exchangeable.
Fuel lift configuration increases air flows under
the solid fuels, extending retention time

Retractable centre pipe for alternative fuel firing
= Achieving maximum low grade fuel substitution
The JETFLEX PLUS burner offers retraction of the swirler and
central duct. In combination with the axial air nozzles, this
enables a significant drop in fuel velocity in front of the burner.
This feature strongly increases the fuel retention time in the
flame and enables early ignition of low grade fuels. In
Standard configuration for high and medium-grade fuels
Fuel rich flame core
= Low emissions
Both JETFLEX burner designs are based on the well-proven
principle of having a fuel-rich flame core with all flame-shaping
primary air surrounding the fuel. Combined with a short ignition
distance and a compact flame, this minimizes thermal NOx
generation.
The JETFLEX burner is designed with the flexibility to produce
the best flame shape and lowest NOx emissions for various fuel
types and operating conditions.
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combination with the fuel lift configuration as noted above,
spillage to the charge is minimised. This allows the burner to
contribute to superior flame and clinker quality control as
well as a high alternative fuel substitution.
Configuration for lower grade fuels
Compact concept
= Cost-effective shipment
and installation
Both JETFLEX burner designs are optimised for reduced
shipment cost and time by container shipment as the design
incorporates a simplified structure with a detachable beam
and reduced overall length.
A JETFLEX burner with up to 9 metre burner pipe length
would typically be shipped in a container.
Length requirement for shipment
 Why choose the JETFLEX® burner?
Greater fuel flexibility = Lower fuel cost
Low risk of unplanned kiln stops = Increase revenue
Stable combustion and burning zone conditions = Long refractory life
Long fuel retention time in flame = High clinker quality
Burner settings can be easily repeated = Improve plant production
State-of-the-art rotatable jet nozzles* = Maximum alternative fuel substitution
Less transport air* = Lower operating cost
Low NOx emission = Reduced or no need for SNCR
Few and easy to change spare parts = Lower maintenance cost

* JETFLEX® PLUS burner

In addition to supplying the main burner, FLSmidth can design and supply a complete system
covering all the equipment required for the fuel oil and gas regulating stations, solid fuel
dosing systems, and state-of-the-art burner management systems. FLSmidth´s know-how
covers equipment for calciner firing and auxiliary heat generators for milling systems.

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